Fifteensquared – Page 1574 – Never knowingly undersolved

Financial Times 12,993 / Falcon

Fri February 6, 2009 at 11:14 amThu February 5, 2009 at 12:42 pm by Gaufrid

What can I say? Nothing controversial today, nothing too difficult and nothing to quibble about. There were a couple of obscure words (9a & 8d) but these were easy to determine from the … Read more >>

Independent 6960 by Mordred

Thu February 5, 2009 at 11:30 am by nmsindy

In terms of time taken to solve, I found this the hardest of the year so far, 75 mins. There’s also a Nina which I refer to after the clue explanations * = … Read more >>

Independent on Sunday 990 by Quixote (1 Feb 2009)

Thu February 5, 2009 at 10:00 am by nmsindy

I found this a very fast solve indeed, solving time, 11 mins * = anagram < = reversed ACROSS 1 V 1 CAR 4 MOT IF (Kipling) 7 CONVENIENCE FOOD (Innocence of dove)* … Read more >>

Guardian 24615 / Rover

Thu February 5, 2009 at 1:58 pmThu February 5, 2009 at 9:49 am by mhl

A mixture of very easy clues and some that are rather tricky to explain. I’m slightly doubtful about my explanations for 11a, 12a and could do with some suggestions for 28a and 20d. … Read more >>

Financial Times 12,984 – Dante

Thu February 5, 2009 at 12:02 am by Uncle Yap

Monday Prize Crossword on 26 January 2009 dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = anagram … Read more >>

Financial Times 12,983 by Cincinnus

Thu February 5, 2009 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Weekend FT prize puzzle from January 24 I found the top-left quadrant of this puzzle to be a challenge to complete. I was not familiar with the Battle of Solferino and was thwarted … Read more >>

Independent 6959/Dac

Wed February 4, 2009 at 1:22 pm by John

Is it just me, or is Dac becoming a bit harder? No objections though: as usual everything made pretty good sense once I’d got there. Across 1 POM ACE 4 SQUATTER — 2 … Read more >>

Financial Times 12,992 / Io

Wed February 4, 2009 at 12:54 pm by Gaufrid

I can’t say I particularly enjoyed this one but that may be partly due to the fact that I woke up with toothache this morning. Some of the surfaces seemed ‘strained’ or didn’t … Read more >>

Guardian 24,614 – Brendan

Wed February 4, 2009 at 10:57 amWed February 4, 2009 at 9:40 am by manehi

Found this rather easy today, got a couple of answers that were connected by 11, 19 and 26, got these, and then the rest of the related answers very soon after. Lots of … Read more >>

FT blogging – Situations Vacant

Wed February 4, 2009 at 9:31 am by neildubya

We have two vacancies on our FT team: Rishi, who has provided excellent coverage of the Tuesday puzzle for a year, has decided to retire at the end of February. Also, Octofem, our … Read more >>

Independent 6,958/Morph

Tue February 3, 2009 at 6:38 pmTue February 3, 2009 at 12:32 pm by Ali

Always good to get the chance to blog a Morph puzzle. You can be fairly sure there’ll be a good selection of cheeky, inventive clues and a decent challenge along the way. And … Read more >>

Financial Times 12991 / Neo

Thu February 5, 2009 at 1:41 amTue February 3, 2009 at 8:41 am by C G Rishikesh

This puzzle has four 14-letter phrases, each of which are in two slots in the grid. I generally don’t like this kind of splitting but to the credit of the composer I must … Read more >>

Guardian 24,613 – Taupi

Wed February 4, 2009 at 2:09 amTue February 3, 2009 at 6:44 am by Uncle Yap

dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = anagram Quite a challenging puzzle; mostly enjoyable except … Read more >>

Guardian Genius 67 / Shed

Sat March 14, 2009 at 11:47 pmMon February 2, 2009 at 12:02 pm by mhl

The hidden theme of this excellent crossword is “Composers”: most uses of the letter C in the clues should be read as “composer” for the clue to make sense. This perhaps wasn’t as … Read more >>

Independent 6957 by Merlin

Mon February 2, 2009 at 11:28 am by NealH

*=anag, []=dropped, <=reversed, hom=homophone A Groundhog Day themed puzzle, although the joke of having the phrase appear three times owed more to the Bill Murray film than the weather forecasting event. I think … Read more >>